Advanced coal liquefaction catalyst development. Quarterly progress report No. 13. [Shell 317, Amocat 1C, Hi-metals Amocat]

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5360623

Tait, A M; Mahoney, J A; Schwartz, M M; Pacheco, M A

The principle objective of Task 6 was to attempt to optimize the process conditions (temperature and space velocity) and catalyst composition for both bituminous and subbituminous coal in the Amoco two-stage coal liquefaction process. Pilot plant experiments have been conducted to determine the effect of these process variables on the process performance for Wyodak coal and Illinois No. 6 coal. This report presents the results of experiments that were performed on the pilot plant, AU-51, between October and December of 1984, inclusive. Two full-length catalyst aging runs were conducted during this reporting period. Both experiments were directed towards studying what influence the second-stage catalyst has on the overall once-through process performance. Run 170 was intended to evaluate Shell-317 as a second-stage catalyst, and Run 172 was intended to evaluate an Amocat-1C-like catalyst with a higher molybdenum loading. Both catalysts are developmental nickel-moly catalysts on an alumina support with a distinctly bimodal pore size distribution, each having a significant fraction of +1000A diameter pores. Their properties are summarized in Table 6-1, along with those of Amocat-1C. 10 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Amoco Research Center, Naperville, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-81PC40009
• OSTI ID: 5360623
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/40009-T11; ON: DE85017809
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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AGING
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CATALYST SUPPORTS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
NICKEL
NUMERICAL DATA
OPTIMIZATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TSL PROCESS
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